Answer:
1. AgNO₃ (aq) + NaCl (aq) ----> NaNO₃ (aq) + AgCl (s)
2. Li₂SO₄ (aq) + BaCl₂ (aq) ----> 2 LiCl (aq) + BaSO₄ (s)
3. 2 NaOH (aq) + MgCl₂ (aq) ----> 2 NaCl (aq) + Mg(OH)₂ (s)
Explanation:
The reaction involving the mixing of two soluble solutions to produce a precipitate is known as a precipitation reaction.
A precipitation reaction is double-replacement reaction (a reaction that exchanges the cations or the anions of two ionic compounds) in which one product is a solid precipitate.
Precipitation reactions at useful in the identification of various ions present in a solution. In order to predict the reactions that will produce a precipitate, solubility rules as given in the solubility table below can be used.
From the tables, the reactions that will produce a precipitate, as well as their balanced molecular equations are as follows:
1. AgNO₃ (aq) + NaCl (aq) ----> NaNO₃ (aq) + AgCl (s)
2. Li₂SO₄ (aq) + BaCl₂ (aq) ----> 2 LiCl (aq) + BaSO₄ (s)
3. 2 NaOH (aq) + MgCl₂ (aq) ----> 2 NaCl (aq) + Mg(OH)₂ (s)
